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Behavioral health resources available on our website

February 1, 2013

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IBC and Magellan Behavioral Health, Inc. (Magellan), an independent company, have developed tools to assist you in monitoring your patients who are diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), adult bipolar disorder, depression/suicide, substance-use, and those who are prescribed atypical, or second-generation, antipsychotics (SGAs).

Updated tip sheets that include information on ADHD and adult bipolar disorders and pharmacotherapy for assessing and managing patients with these disorders are available on our website for all network providers.

Substance-Use Disorders Identification Overview and Depression/Suicide Overview guides are also available to all network providers. These guides are double-sided charts that include information on substance-use disorders and pharmacotherapy for substance-use disorders, depression treatment, and assessing and managing suicidal patients.

To assist you in monitoring your patients who are prescribed SGAs, Magellan has developed a tip sheet and monitoring log pertaining to SGAs, which briefly describe the benefits, issues, and side effects of these medications. Magellan also created an informational tip sheet for member use, Medication Safety and Second-Generation Antipsychotics, which you may find helpful when treating patients taking SGAs.

Each of the tip sheets and all of the guides were developed in collaboration with Magellan and provide resources that support clinical practice guidelines and are consistent with nationally recognized standards of care.

Go to the Worksheets, Forms, and Guides page within the Resources for Patient Management section of our website to review and/or download the tip sheets and guides. Please call the Provider Supply Line at 1-800-858-4728 to request paper versions.

Magellan Behavioral Health, Inc. manages mental health and substance abuse benefits for most IBC members.

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